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  • nine killed by gunman in kenya

    Nine killed by gunman in Kenya

    World | Apr 19, 2013, 05:03 PM IST

    Nairobi, Apr 19: A police chief says that a masked gunman believed to be a member of an al-Qaeda-linked Somalia militant group stormed a hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and

  • mullah omar can run for presidency karzai

    Mullah Omar can run for presidency: Karzai

    World | Apr 02, 2013, 07:23 PM IST

    Berlin, Apr 2: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai wants the elusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar to run for President in next year's election so that people could “vote for or against him“.Mr. Karzai, in an interview

  • abu sayyaf militants free 2 filipino hostages

    Abu Sayyaf militants free 2 Filipino hostages

    World | Feb 03, 2013, 05:20 PM IST

    Manila,Philippines,Feb 3: Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist's crew who were kidnapped by the al-Qaeda-linked militants last year as they set out to interview the extremists in their

  • al qaeda vows terror attacks against britain

    Al Qaeda vows terror attacks against Britain

    World | Feb 01, 2013, 07:10 PM IST

    London, Feb 1: The Al Qaeda has vowed a series of terror strikes against Britain over London's involvement in a French-led operation against Islamist rebels in Mali.The Sun said it was the first direct threat

  • even clinton admn believed isi would pass intel to al qaeda

    'Even Clinton admn believed ISI would pass intel to al-Qaeda'

    World | Jan 07, 2013, 11:48 PM IST

    Wahington,Jan 7 :  Much before the US carried out the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistan, the Bill Clinton administration had little faith in Islamabad when it came to sharing important

  • al qaeda chief al zawahiri may be in pakistan

    'Al Qaeda chief Al-Zawahiri may be in Pakistan'

    World | Oct 04, 2012, 05:56 PM IST

    New Delhi, Oct 4: Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as the new chief of Al Qaeda, may be in Pakistan, says a new book.Zawahiri, an Egyptian cleric, became the new Al Qaeda chief

  • al qaeda set europe s forests on fire russian official

    Al Qaeda set Europe's forests on fire: Russian official

    World | Oct 03, 2012, 05:52 PM IST

    Moscow, Oct 3: Al Qaeda is responsible for the recent spate of forest fires in Europe, Russian security service chief Alexander Bortnikov claimed Wednesday.”Forest fires in European Union countries should be considered one of the

  • osama bin laden was blind in one eye reveals al zawahiri in

    Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye, reveals al-Zawahiri in latest video

    World | Sep 27, 2012, 09:20 AM IST

    Dubai, Sept 27:   Al-Qaeda chief  Ayman al-Zawahiri  has said in a latest video  posted on a jihadist forum that his predecessor Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye.In the hour-long video, al-Zawahiri, dressed in

  • us pulls out embassy staff from sudan tunisia al qaeda

    US pulls out embassy staff from Sudan, Tunisia, Al Qaeda calls for fresh attacks

    World | Sep 16, 2012, 10:25 PM IST

    Washington, Sep 16: The US today ordered non-essential staff from its missions in Sudan and Tunisia to leave, as al-Qaeda called for fresh attacks on American embassies in the Arab world and West to avenge

  • yemen minister survives al qaeda car bomb attack

    Yemen minister survives al-Qaeda car bomb attack

    World | Sep 13, 2012, 02:52 PM IST

    Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 13: Yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped assassination Tuesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through his motorcade as it traveled in the nation's capital, killing at least 13 people in an attack

  • al qaeda says is returning to old iraq strongholds

    Al Qaeda says is returning to old Iraq strongholds

    World | Jul 23, 2012, 11:37 AM IST

    Cairo, Jul 23 :A man identifying himself as the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq says his fighters are planning new operations to free imprisoned members and claims they're returning to areas of the

  • un says children being targeted in northern mali

    UN says children being targeted in northern Mali

    World | Jul 06, 2012, 03:54 PM IST

    Geneva, Jul 6:  A U.N. agency says it's gravely concerned about rising violence against children in northern Mali, since the area was seized by al-Qaida-linked Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels following a March coup.UNICEF says

  • iraq says al qaida fighters flowing into syria

    Iraq says al-Qaida fighters flowing into Syria

    World | Jul 05, 2012, 06:11 PM IST

    Baghdad, Jul 5:  Iraq's foreign minister says the government has "solid information and intelligence" about al-Qaida militants infiltrating Syria from Iraq to carry out attacks.  Hoshyar Zebari told reporters Thursday that authorities are worried about

  • al qaeda plotting to bomb us airliner during olympics says

    Al-Qaeda plotting to bomb US airliner during Olympics, says report

    World | Jul 01, 2012, 01:42 PM IST

    London, Jul 1: Al-Qaeda is plotting to blow up an American airliner in the run-up to this month's London Olympics and has trained a Norwegian Muslim convert in an attempt to evade airport security, a

  • yemen says al qaida land mines killed 73 this week

    Yemen says al-Qaida land mines killed 73 this week

    World | Jun 26, 2012, 03:39 PM IST

    Yemen, Jun 26:  Yemeni officials say land mines planted by al-Qaida militants before they fled from key southern strongholds have killed 73 civilians over the past week.The governor's office in Zinjibar, the provincial capital of

  • al qaeda may pose threat to london olympics says mi chief

    Al-Qaeda may pose threat to London Olympics, says MI chief

    World | Jun 26, 2012, 05:12 PM IST

    London, Jun 26: Though they still retain safe havens in Pakistan and Afghanistan, jihadists are now heading to the Middle East to seek terrorist training as parts of the Arab world have “once more become

  • gaza militant killed as rockets hit israel

    Gaza militant killed as rockets hit Israel

    World | Jun 23, 2012, 04:32 PM IST

    Jerusalem, Jun 23:  Israeli airstrikes killed one Gaza militant and injured 17 people in the coastal strip Saturday while a rocket from the Palestinian territory wounded one Israeli. The country's military chief of staff summoned

  • man sentenced for online south park threat

    Man sentenced for online 'South Park' threat

    World | Jun 22, 2012, 10:56 PM IST

    Virginia, Jun 22:  A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the “South Park” television show and others he deemed enemies

  • french al qaeda militant arrested in pakistan

    French al-Qaeda militant arrested in Pakistan

    World | Jun 20, 2012, 05:17 PM IST

    Islamabad/Washington, Jun 20: A top French al-Qaeda terrorist linked to one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks has been arrested by Pakistani security agencies along the country's border with Iran.Naamen Maziche of French origin,

  • al qaeda had training camps in pakistan reveals cia

    Al-qaeda had training camps in Pakistan, reveals CIA documents

    India | Jun 20, 2012, 07:45 AM IST

    Washington, Jun 20: Al-Qaeda had training camps in Pakistan and its operatives had successfully evaded security at a New York airport in a test-run for Osama bin Laden's plan to hijack a US airplane five

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